Stark raving Rahm on gentrification, the middle east, and the perils of income-inequality politics

Linda Alexander's insight:

I admit to being hooked on the TV show "Chicagoland". After all, it's mostly about schools and children, and I spend a lot time there. And because of the show, love him or leave him, intrigued by Rahm's quirky and brazenly blunt personality. Rahm's so tough he could be a Clevelander. This Q & A showcases his thorny, almost humorous style. I certainly wouldn't want to interview him! Oh, and good luck Chicago Teacher's Union getting through to this guy...ain't gonna happen.

Three unbelievably cool things happened to me this week. On Monday, my publisher sent me the first hardcover copies of my new book, Work Rules! It’s a real thing now! On Tuesday, the CEO of a major company told me he’d been following my interviews with Tom Friedman about how to get a job at Google, or anywhere. He asked how his company could adopt some of those same practices. Someone is listening!And on Wednesday, a new Googler stopped me in one of our on-campus cafes. He told me, “I read every one of your articles about resumes and what Google looks for, did what you said,

Anna Ream tried careers in both investment banking and financial advising, but often felt like a fraud. When she started studying photography in 2008, things finally clicked. “I find with photography I don’t care how dumb my questions sound because I’m so driven to know the answer,” she said. “I’ve always...

An interactive map showing nationwide migration patterns in the United States since 1900.

Linda Alexander's insight:

In my limited experience, places where "some" migration occurs tend to be friendly and easier to make friends and get involved. Arizona is that way....very easy to make new friends, get involved in the community, etc. because social ties are not restricted to people who have known each other forever. However, too much migration isn't good either. People feel less tied to the community and willing to volunteer, pay taxes, etc.

There are approximately 1.3 million apps available for our smartphones and tablets. Many are simply a bad idea. Most are average in use or scope. Fortunately, some very innovative developers have changed the

Linda Alexander's insight:

I love the ruler app (teachers note) & the app that automatically crops, fixes and then saves all your old photographs the best...

Mr. Carr, who died Thursday, was a funny, demanding, optimistic teacher of reporters-to-be at Boston University, and his syllabus distills his sense of an unfolding digital age. Excerpts here serve as the final Media Equation column under his byline.

Brilliant, brilliant! Fortunately, we have a treasure trove of his knife sharp thoughts on what he felt mattered to future journalists. And then consider his introductory remarks to students (Carr was not interested in sharing his resume):

“Your professor is a terrible singer and a decent dancer. He is a movie crier but stone-faced in real life. He never laughs even when he is actually amused. He hates suck-ups, people who treat waitresses and cab drivers poorly and anybody who thinks diversity is just an academic conceit. He is a big sucker for the hard worker and is rarely dazzled by brilliance. He has little patience for people who pretend to ask questions when all they really want to do is make a speech.

Mothers are two and a half times more likely than fathers to cover the nightshift of caretaking. Arianna Huffington has deemed sleep the next big feminist issue, because women are significantly more sleep deprived than men. Without enough sleep, she argues, we cannot reach our full potential as a sex: “A nation of sleepy women is …

Linda Alexander's insight:

When I worked in the corporate setting in the 1980s, obtaining a full night of sleep was referred to as being a "light-weight". CEO's delighted in telling employees that they required hardly any sleep. Who needs sleep...you're not a bear...get to work! Almost thirty years later Arianna Huffington's heralds in a new age and mindset about taking care of ourselves. My feeling is this applies to both men and women. I actually heard Arianna give a keynote presentation on sleep four years ago in California and it resonated with me---and all my sleep-deprived years. How I wish this healthier perspective could have been the battlecry in the corporate world years ago...

The English ethologist, who will give a talk at NYU Abu Dhabi next week, has spent her life helping us understand the relationship between humans and primates. And what a life it's been.

Linda Alexander's insight:

I have been a forever fan of Jane Goodall. I didn't realize it was the spark from reading the children's book, "Doctor Dolittle," that her dream began. Oh, those children books and their life-long influence!

An award-winning piece (I feel) by Connie Schultz in The Atlantic today. She shares the experiences of many baby boomers who grew-up during the era of white flight, the 60s, and attitudes that shape more progressive views today.

While all good schools work to meet the needs of every child, it can seem as if demanding "squeaky-wheel" parents get more attention than those who quietly try to follow school protocol. Yet how much of our protocol is explicit? Who helps p...

Linda Alexander's insight:

This is sound parenting advice for anyone....public school, boys and girls. It just happens to be coming from Ann Klotz, Laurel School headmistress...a gem!

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